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Harish Gandhi
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Harish
Gandhi

IIT Chicago alum (M.S. Computer Science) passionate about turning messy data into meaningful insights. I build data-driven solutions for social good — from ML pipelines and NLP models to interactive dashboards and cloud-deployed applications.

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Projects

A selection of projects spanning machine learning, NLP, data engineering, and voice interfaces.

Calorie Count Policy

Calorie Count Policy

Analyzed the impact of mandatory calorie labeling on restaurant menu choices using causal inference and statistical modeling. Presented at PyData Chicago.

Python Causal Inference Statistics
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Recruiter Analytics

Recruiter Analytics

Built a web analytics dashboard that tracks recruiter engagement patterns on LinkedIn profiles using web scraping and data visualization pipelines.

Web Scraping Analytics Visualization
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Crime Prediction

Crime Prediction

Applied supervised ML models (Random Forest, SVM, XGBoost) on Chicago crime dataset to predict crime type and location, achieving 85%+ classification accuracy.

Machine Learning Scikit-learn XGBoost
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Tirukkural Alexa Skill

Tirukkural Alexa Skill

Designed and published an Amazon Alexa skill that recites couplets from the ancient Tamil classic Tirukkural, with contextual explanations and keyword search.

Alexa SDK Node.js NLP
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NewsOptimism

NewsOptimism

NLP pipeline that crawls major news outlets, applies sentiment analysis and topic modeling, then surfaces a daily "optimism score" with positive story highlights.

NLP Sentiment Analysis NLTK
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Patient Activity Tracker

Patient Activity Tracker

Computer vision system for monitoring patient activity and posture in clinical settings, using image classification and time-series anomaly detection.

Computer Vision TensorFlow Healthcare
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Skills

Languages
Python R SQL JavaScript Bash
ML / AI
Scikit-learn TensorFlow PyTorch XGBoost NLTK spaCy Hugging Face
Data Engineering
Pandas NumPy Spark Airflow dbt ETL Pipelines
Visualization
Matplotlib Seaborn Plotly Tableau D3.js
Cloud & DevOps
AWS GCP Docker Kubernetes GitHub Actions CI/CD
Databases
PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Redis Elasticsearch
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." — Steve Jobs

Contact

I'm always open to discussing data science projects, research collaborations, or just connecting. Reach out through any of the channels below.

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